Improvement in gaiter-boots



J'. C. IBREED 8v C. K. BRADFORD. GAITER BooT.

No. 39,544. 'Patented Aug. 18, 1863.

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I.l c, BREED AND CHARLES K. ERADEORDELYNN', MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAITERBOOTS- Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 39,5411, dated August 18, 1863.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, I. C. BREED and CHARLESK;BRADEoRD,ofLynn,in thecounty of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have made a new anduseful 'Improvement in Ganter-Boots; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full. clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing-1, forming a part oi' this specifica-- tion, in which- Fignre 1is a side elevation, representing a boot having two rows of eyelets, onein the front-.,A, and one in the back, B, and a vertical lacing. Fig. 2isa view of the stop or fastener detached.

Like parts are represented by the same letters in the drawings.

The nature ot' our invention consists, rst, in providing the two parts Aand B of a gaiter-boot, when so constructed as to overlap each otherfrom the sole to the top, with two rows of eyelets-Julie row in the onepart being over the row in the other part, and holding said partstogether by avertical arrangement of the lacing, as Shown 'in Fig. 1;second, in the use of a sliding stop or fastener, constructed andoperating substantially as set forth, and for the purpose described.

To ena-ble others skilled in the art to make and use our improvement, wewill now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Our boot, as shown in the drawings, is open at the 'side from the Soleto the top, the two parts A and B ,being so constructed as to overlapeach other about three quarters of an inch, (more or less,) therebyavoiding the necessit-y of having the usual tongue inside to cover theopening. The back B in Fig. lis also provided with a similar row ofeyelets, so

'arranged as to be directly under the row in A,

when ,thecontignousv edges of the front and back are parallel.

lis the lacing, which is fastened inside of the lowest eyelet, and inFig. 1 is Simply passed out and in through the two rows of eyelets,forming,.as it may fbecalled, a running stitch, vertically to the top ofthe boot. The stringi thus arranged is so Short and free from frictionas to be laced or unlaced with the greatest ease and dispatch, is veryneat in appearance, and unites the overlapping edges of the front andback of the boot Suthciently close. The one part overlapping the otherso much, it is obvious that the row of eyelets in the front A need notbe drawn so as always to be directly over or parallel with the row orrows in the back B, and thus it is obvious that the leg of the boot isin a measure self adjusting or adjustable to ankles ot' different sizes.

fis the sliding stop or fastener, which `is made of sheet-tin or othersuitable material,

provided with a central hole and a number of radial arms, (more orless,) as shown in Fig. 4. This stop isslipped on over the end of thelacing-string, and when the boot isV laced as tightly as required, saidstop is pushed up close to the boot-leg and the string passed -round theradial arms, as shown in Figs. 1

and 2, and then tucked into the hoot in the usual manner. Thismethod otfastening is very-rapid, simple, neat, 'and effectual.

-Havingthns described the construction and operation of our invention,what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. A gaiter-boot, the two parts A and B being so constructed as tooverlap each other from the sole to the top, witha row of eyelets in theone part directly over and parallel with a Similar row in the otherpart, substantially' as set forth and described.

2. The sliding stop or fastener f, in combination with the lacingarrangement, substantially as and for the purpose described.

. 1. C. BREED.

CHAS. K. BRADFORD.

Witnesses.

N. AMES, JOHN E. N icHoLs.

